Counter-flashing attachment.



H. S. GARDNER.

COUNTER FLASHING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 5. 1916.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

J l v Nmvhy 4 !I witnesses Attorneys HENRY SUMNER GARDNER, OF BING-HTON,NEW YORK.

COUNTER-FLASHING ATTACHMENT.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916,

Application filed October 6, 1916. serial No. 124,127.

To all whom 't may concem:

Be it known that I, HENRY SUMNER GARDNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broone and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Counter-Flashing Attachment, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The device formin ,the subject matter of this application is adapted tobe employed for securing a' flashing to a parapet, and the present,invention ams to provide novel means whereby this operation maybecarried out with a minimum expenditure of effort and material, themeans for receiving the fiashing being 'assembled with a part of themolding structure whereby the parapet is fashioned.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby aleakage of water into the channel which receives the counter-flashingwill be prevented.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and'toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarangement of parts and in the details of construction here-inafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood' that changes in the' preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can 'be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Inthe accompanyng drawingsz-Figure 1 is a sectionalperspectiveillustrating the structure as it will appear after theparapet has been formed, 'and before the fiashing has been applied; Fig.2 is a vertical section showing parts as the same will appear after themolding structure for the parapet has been removed; Fig. 3 is a Verticalsectional view Wherein the means for receiving the flashing is shownconnected to one of the elements of the molding structure; Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional View showing the deviee in its completed condition.V

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the wall of abuilding, ordinarily made of concrete, the numeral 2 designating aparapet constituting a part of the wall. Surmounting the parapet is acoping 3'. The roof timbers are shown at 4, and the roof appears at 5.The wall 1 and an outer form 6, the numeral 7 indicatng an inner formwhich, coperating with the outer form, defin' sxthe parapet 2.

In carrying out "the present invention there is provided a metal channel8 of any desred length, the walls 9x of which converge. as the extendoutwardly, the walls 9 beng provided with oppositely projecting fianges10 and 10 ,`the-fiange 10 extending upwardly, and the fiange 10extending downwardly. The flanges 10 and 10 are attached, respectively,by securing elements 11 and ll to the inner face of the form 7. Thesecuring elements 11 preferably are tacks or short nails.

In practical operation, the forms 7 and 6 are set up as shown in Fig. 1,the channel 8 being attached by means of the securing elements 11 and 11to the inner face of the form 7 as shown in Fig. 3. The concrete is thenntroduced between the forms, and the parapet 2 is built up. The form 7then may be removed, the securing elements 11 and 11 being drawn readilyout of the form. The channel 8 thus is inserted into the parapet 2, asclearly shown in Fig. 2, the fianges 10 and' 10 of the channel 8overlapping the outer face of the parapet.

The numeral 12 indicates a counter-flashing strip of any desired length,provided along its upper edge with a slantng extension 14 adapted tocoact with the lower wall of the channel 8,'the extension 14 terminatingin an upstanding lip 15 which, preferably, abuts against the base orinner wall of the channel 8, in a manner which will be understoodclearly from Fig. 2. The fiashing '12 thus is assembled with the channel8.

The uppe'r fiange 10 may then be bent downwardly', to overlap thecounter-fiashing 12, as indicated in Fig. 4. This Construction preventswater flowing down the parapet 2 from entering the channel 3. It is tobe observed that when the flange 10 is bent downwardly, the securngelement 11 may be re moved. 'The securing element 11 however, remains inthe fiange 10 and may be pushed through the fiashing 12. The securingelement 11 further, may be passed through the hole in the flange 10,formerly occupied by the securng element 11, and then the securingelement ll may be clenched down on the outer face of the fiange 10, asshownat 16 after the flange 10 has been bent down as indicated in Fig.4.

'for holding the flashin The devce fo-ning t e subject matter ofisclaime One of the advantages of the structure shown in Fig. 4 is that itis unnecessary, ordinarily, to fill the channel 8 with cement, since theflange 10, when the same is bent downwardly as shown serves at once as awater sled for the channel 8, and ,as ameans 12 in place.

this application has been shown in connection with a concrete parapet 2.It will be understood that the device'is equally applicable to a brickparapet, under which circumstances, the channel 8 will be mounted in themortar between the bricks. Such a construction will be understoodreadily by a skilled mechanc, and a showing in the drawings of thestructure last above described is considered unnecessary.

Havin thus described the invention, what The combinaton with a wall, ofa channel embedded therein and having upstanding 1,21o,oco

and depending flanges; securing elements connected with the flanges andconstituting means for attaching the channel to a molda fiashng includinan extension prolon ed into the channel, t e upstanding flange eingbendable to constitute a cl'osure for the channel. and to overlie theouter face of the fiashing; the securing element of the upstandingfiange 'being removable'to form a hole, and the securing element of thelower flangc being extended through the fiashing and through the holeand bein on.the outer face of the upstan mg flange after the said flangehas been bent downwardly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed'my sgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SUMNER GARDNER.

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